Ernest Lindgren

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Ernest Lindgren (October 3, 1910 - July 22, 1973) was the first curator of the United Kingdom's National Film Library (renamed National Film Archive in 1955, National Film and Television Archive in January 1993 and BFI National Archive in 2006). His approach to the preservation of national film heritage is often contrasted with that of Henri Langlois, the founder of the Cinémathèque Française. Along with Langlois, he played a major role in the development of FIAF, the International Federation of Film Archives.

He joined the British Film Institute in February 1934 as Information Officer, and became the first curator of the National Film Library in 1935. He remained so until his death in 1973.[1] He was succeeded by David Francis.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Luke McKernan, ‘Lindgren, Ernest Henry (1910–1973)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/65530, accessed 19 March 2007

[edit] Further reading

  • David Robinson, "Ernest Lindgren, 1910-1973", Sight and Sound, Autumn 1973
  • "Mr Ernest Lindgren", The Times, 24 July 1973
  • David Francis, "From Parchment to Pictures to Pixels, Balancing the Accounts: Ernest Lindgren and the National Film Archive, 70 Years On", Journal of Film Preservation no 71, July 2006
  • Christophe Dupin, "The Origins and Early Development of the National Film Library: 1929-1936", Journal of Media Practice. vol. 7 no 3, 2006
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